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verb

Definition of bear (down on)next
as in to weigh (on or upon)
to push steadily against with some force you need to bear down on that cap a bit to get it to latch tightly

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as in highlight
to indicate the importance of by centering attention on Our manager bore down on the need to meet upcoming deadlines.

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  1. press
  2. shove
  3. compress
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  • For a long time, the Angels were criticized for only pursuing the very best free agents, while ignoring the other pressing needs up and down the organization.
    Sam Blum, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • What's more, winning the release of the remaining Israeli hostages seized by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, is a goal of both Biden and Trump − a victory for Biden that would remove one pressing crisis from Trump's plate.
    Susan Page, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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  • Doe alleges that he was drugged and sodomized by the disgraced mogul, being shoved into a vehicle where the assault allegedly took place.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Footage shows the Hitchcock family’s son was shoved onto the floor, grabbed roughly by the shoulders, dragged by his arms and slammed into a table, among other things.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of shove
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  • Proof Aggregation Through a process of recursive aggregation, multiple zk-proofs are compressed into a single, compact proof.
    Ayush Gupta, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • City medical examiners ruled that Neely was killed by having his neck compressed in a chokehold.
    Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of compress
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“Bear (down on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bear%20%28down%20on%29. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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